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What's new in 3.5.0
- Bug fixes
- UI improvements
Released Mar 28, 2011. Current version shipped Mar 27, 2024.
Store description
Selected by AOPA.org readers as number one of five aviation apps you can't live without! *
***** Reached No. 4 in the Navigation category of the U.S. app store for iPad! *****
Make IFR flight training easier!
Practice the use of aviation navigational equipment on your mobile device.
Simulates VOR, HSI, RMI, ADF, DME and ILS navigation.
A must have tool for any CFII, student and instrument pilot!
-Students and pilots: improve your understanding of radio instrument navigation at the comfort of your own mobile device.
-Instructors: demonstrate complex IFR concepts to your students from bird's-eye view while on the ground.
-Also suitable for flight simulator enthusiasts.
Used in classrooms, one-on-one ground sessions and by individuals to improve their IFR orientation skills.
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-user reviews (from all markets)
***** Great to study instruments and saves lots of $$$!!!"
"***** I have been looking for an app such as this to teach my students"
"***** Before I used this app all this VOR orientation was so complicated, and now it's clear as ice!"
"***** Easy to use, perfectly designed and helping to understand basic navigation stuff. Highly recommended for student pilots, instrument applicant and CFI's."
- Improve your situational awareness under IFR.
- Save time and money on your instrument and initial flight training.
- Prepare for your instrument rating or proficiency check.
- Test your NAV situational awareness with the test mode.
- Flight instructors: the perfect tool to help you easily explain and demonstrate complex radio navigation concepts to your students.
***Features:***
-Dual navigation displays.
-VOR\NDB trainer screen: Simulates VOR and NDB navigation using VOR, HSI, ADF and RMI displays.
-ILS trainer with both VOR and HSI displays.
-DME visualization screen - demonstrates how DME slant range distance is affected by ground distance and altitude.
-Test mode - generates phantom aircraft around the navaids. Your goal is to find the correct aircraft position.
-Drag and drop the aircraft and nav fix around the screen.
-Fly! mode - Make the airplane fly around the screen. great for practicing intercepting and tracking courses.
-Wind direction & velocity control.
-Aircraft tracing (contrail mode).
-Accelerator support for aircraft control.
How to use:
-Select the various instruments by double-tapping their dials.
-Toggle VOR sectors visualization on/off.
-Auto tune OBS by pressing the OBS knob.
-Auto turn the aircraft towards the nav fix by tapping the aircraft symbol. Double tap will turn the aircraft toward NAV station #2
-Change aircraft headings by flicking your finger over the heading indicator.
-Tune the OBS by dragging your finger around the HSI/VOR displays or over the OBS knob.
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The developer is a Gold Seal CFI/CFII/MEI and part 121 airline pilot
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For comments, feature requests or bug reports, if you have the app, please take the survey at http://bit.ly/hCAqgF
* (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2013/february/26/five-more-aviation-apps-you-cant-live-without)
**If you experience any problem with the app, please contact me before leaving a review and I will do my best to solve it for you.**
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